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I really wanted to like this book, but it ultimately left me flat. The general idea is good, based on the life of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron. It‘s just that it doesn‘t make that interesting a story. The story is dominated by Ada‘s relationship with her controlling mother. Her real mathematical work doesn‘t come until the last part. There‘s no real story arc. Not a pan, but not something I‘d recommend.

Well after discarding several of my choices bc they exceeded the page limit- here are my options lol. The tagged book does go over but only by 17 pages. #lmpbc Group A

I got this as a Kindle deal two years ago; I think it‘s probably time to read it 😂 I‘ve read the author‘s quilters series, but none of her biographical novels. Looking forward to this.

The Enchantress of Numbers, Ada Lovelace, was the first computer programmer and daughter to the infamous poet Lord Byron. In her short life, she navigated a male world and was a brilliant mathematical mind, while also being a wife and mother.

Also has a complex mother daughter relationship which I found fascinating.

4 stars 🌟 🌟🌟🌟

For more detailed thoughts, check out the review here: https://bit.ly/2ZfurHl

Working from the bottom to top, I‘m up to After Atlas. I also am reading The Weight of the Stars for a buddy read bookclub, which isn‘t pictured above.

Think I can do it or am I just crazy?
#januarytbr #stackofdoom #tbrstack

Shout out to Ada Lovelace, a woman with a #mathematics background, whose brilliance helped advance computer programming!

For me, Chiaverini‘s writing is hit or miss. I got this one in a subscription box and have yet to read it. However, I do like her ability to highlight women often obscured in history. #resroseseptember

A fantastic and engaging portrait of a brilliant and influential woman. I was really sad at the end of the book, what more could we have had if we had let a mind like Ada Lovelace‘s flourish?

Picked this up for my Kindle via Bookbub. I read a number of the author‘s quilt series novels, but nothing else of her work. This looks fascinating.

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale

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I knew nothing about Ada Lovelace going into this and now I want to read everything I can about her. This book covers her life from birth to death, including a prologue detailing the passionate, but doomed, marriage between her mother and father (poet Lord Byron). Chiaverini writes in a way that even the sections describing Ada's mathematical and scientific contributions to society don't feel like a lecture or chapter from a textbook.

Anybody ever heard of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome? It's a hereditary joint disorder I am lucky enough to have. Tonight, I was reading in my bed stretching out my legs. When I got up, I discovered that I had subluxated my knee and it feels like I may have pulled a muscle! Some days I can't stand it

How sad! Her mother won't let her have a dog, or a cat, or a bunny! Never in my life have I not had pets - I can't imagine how lonely it would be

Hold list Bookpage March 2018

My #pagehabit goodies from December (apparently I'm way behind on taking pics! 😱) - has anyone read either of these? I'm hoping to get to them soon but my TBR is never-ending! 😩 #bookmail

14 hours into my personal #24in48, I've finished three books and I'm starting How the States Got Their Shapes. Enchantress was good. A little slow at times, a little dry, and some events happened out of order (at least according to Wikipedia) but it is historical fiction, so I can give it some leeway.

“Hag of hatred” 😂😂😂 also a lavender beer called Flowers for Ale-agorn

Is there anything better than reading on the beach? I started The Enchantress of Numbers yesterday, but I‘m sadly home from vacation and back to work and snow and cold today. #somewhereonabeach #netgalley

I love history and learning about folks who have helped shape it, but sometimes straight history and biographies are exceedingly dry. This is also why I love novelizations of facts, figures, and events throughout history because it takes those and forms a readable story. This one's about Ada Lovelace, credited as the first computer programmer but perhaps better known as Lord Byron's daughter, and the balance of her exquisite mind and deep passion.

The book is told from Ada‘s point of view, recounting the details of her life in its various chapters. Ada was a lonely child, longing for her mother's approval and curious about the father who died before she ever had the opportunity to known him. There is a bit of a family scandal that surfaces toward the later half of the book, I gasped because I had put the idea out of my mind.

It was well written and mostly interesting, but the first third was an absolute slog for me.

#TBRtemptation post 1! Just released. Ada was Lord Byron's only legitimate child. To prevent her having her father's wild ways, Ada's mother forces her to rigorously learn science and mathematics. When she enters London high society, Ada meets and befriends Charles Babbage, father of the modern computer. Her unique, unfashionable perspective on math & machines will bind their destinies. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Telling the story of Ada Byron King, Enchantress of Numbers was a fascinating look at the early stages of computers. A bit long, but it tells interesting history that I was unaware of before reading this! I reviewed an eARC copy provided by the publisher.

My current NetGalley read, about Ada Lovelace, it's good, told in first person which is a little strange when she's talking about before she was born, but I think it's also helping to set up her character, and she does mention it. I'm enjoying it. It releases this coming Tuesday.

New ARCs! I'm super excited for these two. #firsttoread

Too much telling instead of showing. Meandering narrative. I couldn't get a grasp on the characters or feel what they were feeling. Too tedious to keep reading.

Currently juggling 2 books & hoping to finish this ARC about Ada Lovelace and her struggle to be allowed to explore science & mathematics #booksndbreakfast

My companion for reading tonight- at my daughter's to get ready for her wedding on Saturday & Mira, her husky puppy is sleeping on the sofa with me #dogsoflitsy